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Please tell me, you whom I love, where do you graze your flock?
Where does your flock lie down at noon?
⌞Tell me,⌟ or I will be considered a prostitute
⌞wandering⌟ among the flocks of your companions.

[ THE CHORUS OF YOUNG WOMEN ]

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
follow the tracks of the flocks,
and graze your young goats near the shepherds’ tents.

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Tell me, you whom I love,
    where you graze your flock
    and where you rest your sheep(A) at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled(B) woman
    beside the flocks of your friends?

Friends

If you do not know, most beautiful of women,(C)
    follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
    by the tents of the shepherds.

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